Guido Mancusi
Guido Mancusi (born 14 June 1966) is an Austrian-Italian conductor and composer.
Life
Born in
Padova. He received his first piano lessons from his father, who was a close friend of the composer Nino Rota
. After his father's early death, his mother decided to return to her hometown of Vienna with her two children.
Mancusi became
Graz and Kiel
. He is the winner of the 1991 Mozart Medal for the best Mozart interpretation.
Mancusi was artistic director of the Operklosterneuburg festival and since 1998 he has been chief conductor of the Schloss Schönbrunn Orchester Vienna with a focus on classical music.[1]
He has conducted at the
Mancusi is the
Countess Mariza, The Merry Widow, Die Csárdásfürstin, Die Fledermaus, Der Bettelstudent and Meine Schwester und ich. Mancusi also conducted the People's Opera Orchestra in the ballets Carmen, Le Concours, Carmina Burana/Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune/Boléro and Cendrillon.[3]
In addition to his work as an opera conductor, he is a professor at the
Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität der Stadt Wien
.
In 2016, Mancusi conducted Verdi's
Messa da Requiem with the Musikgymnasium Wien
].
Compositions
Choral and orchestral works
- Oratorium: Die Mutter Erde (1990/1991) in Wiener Musikverein
- Missa Brevis (1997)
- Passio Domini secundum Joannem (Johannespassion) (2011)
- Mors est ianua Vitae, a Requiem for baritone, chorus and orchestra (2011)
Chamber music
- Happy Birthday, Quartett,für Prof. Ludwig Streicher zum 70. Geburtstag (1989)
Orchestral music
- Konzert für Schlagwerk und Kammerorchester (1986)
- "BeAeSeF", a suite for string orchestra (1988)
- Trumpet Concerto (1988)
- Concerto for Orchestra (1993)
- Tonspiele (2015)
Stage work
- One Night Stand, ballet (1995)
- Sachen, ballet (1996)
- Der Traummann, Operette nach Oscar Wilde (2009/10)
- Der Gläserne Birnbaum (2010)
- In Gottes Namen (2012/13)
- Über meinen Schwager, später - ossia Kowalski, a "Quasi-Operetta" in Two Acts, libretto written by Marcus Everding (2016/2021)
- Anton und Maria, a children's operetta (2020)
Choral music
- Neun Martialische Motetten (1984–2005)
Film music
- Das Inferno der Planeten (1983)
- Invasion der Verdammten (1984)
- I Cranici dell´Ibico (1986)
- Borderline (1987)
- Unternehmen Columbia (1987)
- Leonhard (1988)
Lieder
- Das Kind (1988)
- Acht Liebeslieder (2006)
School music
- 7 Kanons über das Einmaleins (1992) Contemp Art, im Wiener Musikverein
Arrangements
- W.A.Mozart:Don Giovanni (2014) Musikhaus Doblinger
References
- ^ Guido Mancusi on Operabase
- ^ Guido Mancusi on OperaOnline
- ^ Guido Mancusi on Volksoper Wien
Further reading
- ISBN 978-3-85129-696-9
Awards
- 1st prize at the International Music Festival - Tokyo
- 1st prize at the International Composition Competition Franz Schubert - Vienna
- 1st prize Interpretation Prize at the International Composition Competition Franz Schubert
- 2nd prize at the International Choir Competition Marktoberdorf in Allgäu
Recording
- Der Abendhimmel F-Dur, WAB 56, Musik, du himmlisches Gebilde! – CD: ORF CD 73, 1995
- Schubert: Nachtgesang im Walde, CD, Decca Music Group Limited 2017
- Complete Mozart edition, Arias, Lieder, Notturni, Decca Music Group Limited CD 2000
- From Vienna with Love, Conchita Wurst, Wiener Symphoniker, Sony, 2018
External links
- Literature by and about Guido Mancusi in the German National Library catalogue
- Official website
- Stadttheater Klagenfurt
- Volksoper Wien
- Musikhaus Döblinger Musikalienhandlung
- Guido Mancusi discography at Discogs
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